UN ENVOYS URGE RENEWED TALKS BETWEEN M23, DR CONGO GOVERNMENT

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Date: 5 Sep 2013 18:00:01 -0400
Subject: UN ENVOYS URGE RENEWED TALKS BETWEEN M23, DR CONGO GOVERNMENT
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UN ENVOYS URGE RENEWED TALKS BETWEEN M23, DR CONGO GOVERNMENTNew York,
Sep 5 2013 6:00PMTop United Nations officials focusing on the
Democratic Republic of the Congo are today in the Ugandan capital of
Kampala attending talks with regional leaders meant to reenergize
peace efforts between the Congolese Government and M23 rebels.

Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to the Great Lakes Region, Mary
Robinson, and Martin Kobler, the Secretary-General's Special
Representative in the DRC, are participating in the so-called Kampala
talks held under the auspices of the Chairperson of the International
Conference for the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), Ugandan President
Yoweri Museveni.

Mrs. Robinson is in Kampala as part of a four-day tour of the region
to bolster peace efforts. The UN envoys are joined by Boubacar Diarra,
Special Representative of the African Union; Koen Vervaeke, European
Union Senior Coordinator for the Great Lakes region; and Russ
Feingold, US Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes region and the
DRC.

Briefing journalists in New York about the discussions in Uganda, a UN
spokesperson said that the envoys "urged all parties to bring the
Kampala Dialogue to a positive and swift conclusion, in order to move
to a broader process addressing the deeper causes of the conflict."

They also stressed the urgency of steps forward in the implementation
of the 11-nation Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC
and the region signed earlier this year under UN auspices as a
comprehensive approach to sustainable peace in the region.

Mrs. Robinson had dubbed the accord a "framework of hope" and has
repeatedly said that there is a renewed opportunity in eastern DRC and
the Great Lakes to address the underlying causes of the conflict and
stop the violence for good.

During her regional visit, Mrs. Robinson and the other envoys will
speak with senior government officials and representatives of local
authorities, the international community and civil society in Uganda
and Rwanda.

The M23 – composed of soldiers who mutinied from the DRC national army
in April – along with other armed groups, has clashed repeatedly with
the DRC national forces (FARDC).

In the past year, the fighting has displaced more than 100,000 people,
exacerbating an ongoing humanitarian crisis in the region which
includes 2.6 million internally displaced people (IDPs) and 6.4
million in need of food and emergency aid.Sep 5 2013 6:00PM
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